Below is an ahnentafel for George HOOKER, born 1844 in Ihren, Germany; died 1921 in Carroll Co., Indiana, USA. Mr. Hooker's story and photograph can be found here: GEORGE.
George Hooker's parents were John HOOKER (1814-1863) and Margaret HAMMES (1817-abt 1860). In Germany, their names were Johann HOCKERTZ and Margaretha HAMMES. Church records establish the family as Catholic. The story of John and Margaret can be found here: JOHN and MARGARET.
The ahnentafel and this HTML page were prepared by Mr. Uwe Probst. Mr. Probst's email address once was uwe.probst@vr-web.de; by 2008, that email address was dead. Mr. Probst's version has been translated and edited, for easier reading by Americans.
Mr. Probst offered this link for information about Winterspelt, Germany: www.winterspelt.de/
All towns other than Lafayette, Indiana, are German towns or villages, in the Eifel region, in the area of Germany near the Belgium and Luxembourg border.
2 HOCKERTZ, Johann: Roman Catholic; farmhand at the Staners family property in Heckhuscheid. < 1 > 4
born 23-Mar-1814, Ihren; died about 1863, probably in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.
3 HAMMES, Margaretha : < 2 > 6
born 05-Aug-1817, Heckhuscheid; died about 1860, probably in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.
4 HOCKERTZ, Michael : Roman Catholic. < 2 > 8
born 13-Feb-1776, Matzerath; died 20-Mar-1839, Ihren; married 29-Apr-1811, Winterspelt.5 WEYRES, Anna Margaretha : Roman Catholic. < 4 > 10
born 21-Feb-1780, Ihren; died 23-Mar-1814, Ihren.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was BONGEN; parents are listed as married 1772.)
6 HAMMES, Georg : Roman Catholic. peasant farmer. < 3 > 12
born 06-Jan-1782, Winterspelt; died 24-Jan-1863, Oberraden; married before 1806, Heckhuscheid.
7 PÜTZ VULGO STANERS, Anna Maria : Roman Catholic. < 6 > 14
born 02-Apr-1780, Heckhuscheid; died 02-Jan-1823, Heckhuscheid.
8 HOCKERTZ, Hubert : Roman Catholic. < 4
born Matzerath; died before 1811, Matzerath; married about 1767.
9 REIFFERS, Anna : Roman Catholic. < 8
born 28.Mar.1753, Daleiden; died before 1811, Matzerath.
10 BONGEN, Philipp : Roman Catholic. < 5 > 20
born 26-Mar-1748, Ihren; died 29.Jul.1796, Ihren; married 25-Nov-1772, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was PETERS; parents are listed as married 1744.)11 WEYRES, Maria Catharina : Roman Catholic. < 10 > 22
born 17-Nov-1756, Ihren; died 18-Nov-1828, Ihren.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was SPOO; parents are listed as married 10-Feb-1756.)
12 HAMMES, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 6 > 24
born 16-Apr-1738, Winterspelt; died before 1812, Winterspelt; married 27-Jul-1754, Winterspelt.
13 CREMERS, Margaretha : Roman Catholic. < 12 > 26
born 09-Sep-1735, Winterspelt; died 11-Mar-1800, Winterspelt.
14 PÜTZ VULGO STANERS, Gerhard : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 7 > 28
born 11-Feb-1759, Heckhuscheid; died after 1829, Heckhuscheid; married 24-Mar-1777, Großkampen.
(Carried surnames of father and mother. "Vulgo" sort of meant "at the house of." Likely the husband lived at the wife's family home/estate after they married.)15 NEUENS, Anna Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 14 > 30
born 27-Aug-1758, Leidenborn; died Heckhuscheid.
20 PETERS, Johann Leonard : Roman Catholic. < 10 > 40
born 24-May-1723, Urb; died 07-Jan-1779, Ihren; married 23-Nov-1744, Elcherath.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was LINGEN; parents are listed as married 1712.)
21 BONGEN, Maria Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 20 > 42
born about 1721, Ihren.
22 SPOO, Johann : Roman Catholic. < 11 > 44
born 06-Nov-1731, Winterspelt; died 11-Jun-1825, Ihren; married 10-Feb-1756, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was MICHAELS; parents are listed as married 5-Feb-1731.)
23 WEYRES, Maria : Roman Catholic. < 22 > 46
born 29-Nov-1735, Ihren; died 08-Jun-1785, Ihren.
24 HAMMES, Philipp : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 12 > 48
born about 1710, Winterspelt; died 27-Nov-1739, Winterspelt; married 04-Jun-1737, Winterspelt.
25 HABSCH, Gertrud : Roman Catholic. < 24 > 50
born 17-Jan-1712, Amelscheid; died 22-Aug-1773, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was FAAS; parents are listed as married 1705.)
26 CREMERS, Philipp : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer; mayor of Winterspelt. < 13 > 52
born Sep-1705, Winterspelt; died 09-Aug-1779, Winterspelt; married 27-Nov-1723, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was HOCKERTZ; parents are listed as married 19-Feb-1705.)
(NOTE: Philipp Cremers was the great-grandfather of Margaretha Hammes, who married Johann Hockertz. Margaretha may have married a distant cousin.)
27 BIEHLEN, Maria : Roman Catholic. < 26 > 54
born 07-Jan-1703, Lünebach; died 30-May-1780, Winterspelt.
28 PÜTZ, Johann : Roman Catholic. < 14 > 56
born 29-Apr-1731, Masthorn; died 01-Oct-1792, Heckhuscheid; married before 1759, Großkampen.29 STANERS, Maria : Roman Catholic. < 28 > 58
born about 1740, Heckhuscheid; died 13-May-1812, Heckhuscheid.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was HOCKELMANS.)
30 NEUENS, Wilhelm : Roman Catholic. < 15 > 60
born 1722, Leidenborn; died 23-Jan-1779, Leidenborn; married before 1758, Leidenborn.
31 WEYERS-UNTERST, Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 30 > 62
born 09-Apr-1728, Hontheim; died 15-Jan-1793, Leidenborn.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was SCHMINNES; parents are listed as married 1718.)
40 LINGEN, Johann : Roman Catholic. < 20 > 80
born 02-Jul-1688, Großlangenfeld; died 19-Apr-1739, Urb; married 23-Nov-1712, Bleialf.
41 PETERS, Margaretha : Roman Catholic. < 40
42 BONGEN, Hubert : Roman Catholic. < 21
born Ihren; died 21-Dec-1732, Ihren; married 1720, Elcherath.
43 (unknown), Anna : Roman Catholic. < 42
died Ihren.
44 MICHELS, Peter : Roman Catholic. < 22
born 01-Mar-1700, Mützenich; died 25-May-1778, Winterspelt; married 05-Feb-1731, Winterspelt.
45 SPOO, Maria : Roman Catholic. < 44
born about 1706, Winterspelt; died 22-Aug-1741, Winterspelt.
46 WEYRES, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic. < 23 > 92
born Ihren; died Ihren.
47 HÜNEN, Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 46 > 94
born about 1718, Ihren; died 28-Aug-1742, Ihren.
48 HAMMES, Johann : Roman Catholic. peasant farmer. < 24
died 06-Nov-1732, Winterspelt; married 1709, Winterspelt.
49 RINCKEN, Maria : Roman Catholic. < 48 > 98
born about 1687, Winterspelt; died 14-May-1741, Winterspelt; married 1709, Winterspelt.50 FAAS, Georg : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 25
born Lanzerath; died Amelscheid; married 21-Oct-1705, Bleialf.
51 HABSCH, Helena : Roman Catholic. < 50 > 102
born 26-Jul-1682, Amelscheid; died 30-May-1747, Amelscheid.
52 HOCKERTZ, Johann : Roman Catholic; mayor of Winterspelt. < 26
born Matzerath; died 1748 Winterspelt; married 19-Feb-1705, Bleialf.
53 CREMERS, Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 52 > 106
born about 1670, Winterspelt; died Winterspelt; married 19-Feb-1705, Bleialf.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was SCHMITZ.)
54 BIEHLEN, Johann : Roman Catholic. < 27
born about 1675, Lünebach; died Lünebach; married before 1697, Lünebach.
55 MEYERS, Susanna : Roman Catholic. < 54
born about 1681, Lünebach; died Lünebach
56 PÜTZ, Joes : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 28 > 112
born 10-Dec-1685, Masthorn; died Masthorn; married 21-Sep-1712, Masthorn.
57 SCHÖNECKERS, Elisabeth : Roman Catholic. < 56 > 114
born Üttfeld; died Masthorn.
58 HOCKELMANS, Johann Hilarius : Roman Catholic. < 29 > 116
born 16-Sep-1707, Winterscheid; died Heckhuscheid.
59 STANERS, Anna : Roman Catholic. < 58 > 118
born 1710, Heckhuscheid; died after 1758, Heckhuscheid.
60 NEIENS, Johann : Roman Catholic. < 30
died Leidenborn.
61 (unknown), Anna Elisabeth : Roman Catholic. < 60
died before 1758, Leidenborn.
62 SCHMINNES, Anton : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 31 > 124
born 07-Mar-1691, Herscheid; died 17-Jan-1767, Hontheim; married 23-Oct-1718, Bleialf.
(Parents' surnames are listed below as MUNICHS and PAULS. MUNICHS is the same as SCHMINNES; it is a dialect variation.)
63 WEYERS UNTERST, Eva Joanna : Roman Catholic. < 62 > 126
born 02-Sep-1693, Hontheim; died 23-Sep-1748, Hontheim.
80 LINGEN, Johann : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 40 > 160
born 30-Nov-1651, Großlangenfeld; died 11-May-1722, Großlangenfeld; married 02-Jun-1677, Großlangenfeld.
81 GARENS, Susanna : Roman Catholic. < 80 > 162
born 14-Mar-1653, Großlangenfeld; died 21-May-1718, Großlangenfeld.
92 WEYRES, Michael : 46 > 184
born Ihren; died 08-Nov-1755, Ihren; married 1705, Winterspelt.
93 (unknown), Maria Kath : Roman Catholic. < 92
born Ihren; died Ihren.
94 HÜNEN, Johann : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 47
born Ihren; died Ihren; married 24-Jan-1718, Bleialf.
95 KÜTSCH, Helena : Roman Catholic. < 94 > 190
born 26-Aug-1674, Großlangenfeld; died 12-Apr-1740, Ihren.
98 RINCKEN, Johann Hilger : Roman Catholic. < 49 > 196
born about 1650, Winterspelt; married 1682, Winterspelt.
99 (unknown), Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 98
102 HABSCH, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic. < 51 > 204
born 22-Jan-1663, Amelscheid; died 31-Jan-1724, Amelscheid; married 25-Nov-1681, Bleialf.
103 SCHUE, Maria : Roman Catholic. < 102
born Büdesfeld; died 20-Nov-1695, Amelscheid.
106 SCHMITZ, Heinrich : Roman Catholic; miner, peasant farmer. < 53
born Petit Thier; died Winterspelt; married 1663, Winterspelt.
107 CREMERS, Margaretha : Roman Catholic. < 106 > 214
born about 1640, Winterspelt; died Winterspelt.
112 PÜTZ, Matthias : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 56 > 224
born 07-Jul-1657, Masthorn; died Masthorn; married before 1683, Pronsfeld.
113 MEYERS, Marig : Roman Catholic. < 112
born Heisdorf; died Masthorn.
114 SCHÖNECKERS, Theodor : < 57
116 HOCKELMANNS, Valentin : Roman Catholic. < 58 > 232
born about 1670, Winterscheid; died 10-Jun-1740, Winterscheid; married 30-Sep-1699, Bleialf.
117 LAMBERTS, Anna : Roman Catholic. < 116 > 234
born 06-Feb-1671, Winterscheid; died 26-Feb-1742, Winterscheid.
118 STANERS, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic. < 59
born about 1680, Heckhuscheid.
119 (unknown), Maria : Roman Catholic. < 118
born about 1685, Heckhuscheid.
124 MÜNICHS, Lambert : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 62 > 248
born 18-Aug-1654, Herscheid; died Herscheid; married 03-Oct-1674, Hontheim.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was WIRICHS; parents are listed as married 14-Jan-1653.)
125 PAULS, Barbara : Roman Catholic. < 124
born Hontheim; died Herscheid.
126 WEYERS UNTERST, Bartholomäus : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 63
born Hontheim; died 05-Jun-1702, Hontheim; married before 1693, Hontheim.
127 KEUPERS, Margaretha : Roman Catholic. < 126 > 254
born 21-Feb-1665, Hontheim; died 28-Feb-1714, Hontheim.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was PICK.)
160 LINGEN, Paulus : Roman Catholic. < 80
died 28-Aug-1675, Großlangenfeld; married before 1640, Bleialf.
161 (unknown), Margaretha : Roman Catholic. < 160
died 17-Jan-1690, Großlangenfeld.
162 GARENS, Leonard : Roman Catholic. < 81
died 01-Mar-1681, Großlangenfeld.
163 (unknown), Helena : Roman Catholic. < 162
died Mar-1655, Großlangenfeld.
184 WEYRES, Jakob : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 92 > 368
born Ihren; died Ihren; married 1675, Winterspelt.
185 WEIRIGS, Barbara : Roman Catholic. < 184
died Ihren.
190 KÜTSCH, Clasen jr : Roman Catholic. < 95 > 380
died 17-Jun-1718, Großlangenfeld; married before 1671, Bleialf.
191 (unknown), Grethen : Roman Catholic. < 190
died 18-Apr-1716, Großlangenfeld.
196 RINCKEN, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic. < 98 > 392
born about 1625, Winterspelt; married 1650, Winterspelt.
197 SCHEUERN, Anna : Roman Catholic. < 196
died Winterspelt.
204 HABSCH, Martin : Roman Catholic. < 102 > 408
died Amelscheid; married 02-May-1660, Bleialf.
205 MICHELS, Barbara : Roman Catholic. < 204
died 15-Apr-1692, Amelscheid.
214 CREMERS, Paulus : Roman Catholic; mayor of Winterspelt (tavern owner & innkeeper). < 107 > 428
born about 1620, Winterspelt; died before 1691, Winterspelt; married 1640, Winterspelt.215 PROBST, Kathrin : < 214 > 430
born about 1620, Hemmeres; died Winterspelt.
224 PÜTZ, Huberti : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 112
born Masthorn; died Masthorn; married befire 1653, Pronsfeld.
225 KEULS, (unknown) : Roman Catholic. < 224
born Pronsfeld; died Masthorn.
232 HOCKELMANNS, Johann : Roman Catholic; mayor. < 116
died 11-Dec-1679, Winterscheid; married 1660, Bleialf.
233 (unknown), Susanna : Roman Catholic. < 232
born about 1640, Winterscheid; died 17-Apr-1686, Winterscheid.
234 LAMBERTS, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic. < 117 > 468
born about 1635, Winterscheid; died 12-Nov-1670, Winterscheid; married 07-Feb-1667, Bleialf.
235 KESCHTGES, Barbara : Roman Catholic. < 234
born about 1640, Winterscheid; died Hemmeres.
248 WIRICHS, Joannes gen. Hans : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer. < 124 > 496
born 14-Apr-1630, Weinsfeld; died 16-Mar-1689, Herscheid; married 14-Jan-1653, Hontheim.249 MÜNICHS, Marigen : Roman Catholic. < 248
born Herscheid; died before 1674, Herscheid.
254 PICK, Johann Peter : Roman Catholic. < 127
born Hontheim; died 29-Jan-1690, Hontheim.
255 KEUPERS, Adriane : Roman Catholic. < 254
born Hontheim; died before 1671, Hontheim.
368 WERICHS, Hupricht : Roman Catholic. < 184
married 1635, Winterspelt.
369 (unknown), Suhn (Susanna) : Roman Catholic. < 368
380 KÜTSCH, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic. < 190
died 17-Mar-1684, Großlangenfeld; married before 1640, Bleialf.
381 (unknown), Susanna : Roman Catholic. < 380
died 25-Apr-1683, Großlangenfeld.
392 RINCKEN, Michael : Roman Catholic; court and office messenger. < 196
born about 1600, Winterspelt; married 1625, Winterspelt.
393 (unknown), Katharina : Roman Catholic. < 392
408 HABSCH, Jakob : Roman Catholic. < 204
born about 1600, Amelscheid.
428 CREMERS, Daniel : Roman Catholic. < 214 > 856
born about 1590, Winterspelt; died Winterspelt; married 1615, Winterspelt.
429 (unknown) : Roman Catholic. < 428
died Winterspelt.
430 PROBST, Peter I : Roman Catholic; miller. < 215 > 860
born about 1595, Hemmeres; died Hemmeres; married 1615, Elcherath.
468 LAMBERTS, Clasen : Roman Catholic. < 234
born Winterscheid; died 23-Dec-1662, Winterscheid; married 1620, Bleialf.
469 (unknown) : Roman Catholic. < 468
died 27-Oct-1648, Winterscheid.
496 WEYRICHS, Nicolas : Roman Catholic. < 248
born 1600, Weinsfeld; married before 1624, Niederprüm.
497 (unknown), Marie : Roman Catholic. < 496
born 1600, Niederprüm; died Niederprüm.
856 CREMERS, Claß : Roman Catholic. < 428
born Winterspelt; died Winterspelt.
857 (unknown), Greth : Roman Catholic. < 856
died Winterspelt.
860 PROBST Johann : Roman Catholic; miller. < 430
born about 1570 Hemmeres.
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